3106 items
![Pacific Citizen, Vol. 112, No. 25 [June 28, 1991] (ddr-pc-63-25)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/1a/49/1a4973d191b2d68d5967f7986e34bcee.jpg)
![Pacific Citizen, Vol. 113, No. 2 [July 19-26, 1991] (ddr-pc-63-27)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/36/34/3634fadc023a007c43a6af79b7fc49d8.jpg)
![Pacific Citizen, Vol. 113, No. 17 [November 22, 1991] (ddr-pc-63-42)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6e/09/6e09ae747892c8e287615283fde15f0f.jpg)
3106 items
Narrator Harry Ueno
Nisei male. Born April 14, 1907, in Pauilo, Hawaii. Lived in Japan from 1915 to 1923, and settled on the mainland upon his return to the United States. Was married in 1930, and was removed along with family to Manzanar concentration camp, California, during World War II. While in Manzanar, organized the Mess Hall Workers Union. …
Narrator George Kiyo Wakatsuki
Nisei male. Born December 10, 1931, in Guadalupe, California. Grew up in Santa Monica, California, where father was a fisherman. Family moved to Terminal Island, California, just before World War II. During the war, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Served in the navy during the Korean War. The family's wartime experiences were chronicled in …
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Log of books checked out by students, taught by Harry Bentley Wells at Manzanar High School (ddr-csujad-48-112)
Log of books checked out by seventeen students for a course taught by Harry Bentley Wells at Manzanar High School. The authors include Jennie Hall, Beatty, Robinson, and Louise M. Mohr. Several of the names have been crossed out. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9921. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …
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Memorandum from Leon C. High, Principal, Manzanar High School, to Harry Bentley Wells, August 20, 1942 (ddr-csujad-48-68)
Letter from Roy Nash and Leon C. High to Mr. Wells indicating his papers have been forwarded for final approval and the recommendation that he travel as lightly as possible due to the housing problem. Mr. Wells could always have further things sent to him at a later date. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9068. See …
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Memorandum from Leon C. High, Principal, Manzanar High School, to Harry Bentley Wells, August 5, 1942 (ddr-csujad-48-66)
Letter from Roy Nash and Leon C. High to Harry B. Wells indicating a number of forms need to be filled out to finalize Mr. Wells' appointment as a teacher at Manzanar. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9066. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0066
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Photograph of man standing in a farm field at Manzanar with Sierra Nevada in the background (ddr-csujad-47-58)
Photograph of a man standing in the middle of a farm field near Manzanar incarceration camp. The crop looks fully grown, and there is a tractor in the middle left of the photograph. The Sierra Nevada can be seen in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0093
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Photograph of farm products arranged in the corner of a building for the Manzanar farm exhibit (ddr-csujad-47-67)
Photograph of farm products arranged in the corner of a building for the Manzanar farm exhibit. A map of North America is hanging on the wall. The produce includes various squash, melons and cucumbers. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0102
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Photograph of snow covered Manzanar with a line of buildings and a car in the foreground (ddr-csujad-47-52)
Photograph of snow-covered Manzanar with a line of administrative buildings, starting with the police department. Two snow-covered cars, one in the foreground and the other halfway down the street. A lone person can be seen walking in the distance in the middle of the street. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …
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Harry Ueno Interview Segment 37 (ddr-densho-1002-7-37)
Description of organization of mess hall workers in Manzanar
This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead …
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Harry Ueno Interview Segment 40 (ddr-densho-1002-7-40)
Reflections; inaccuracies in the movie "Farewell to Manzanar"
This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily …
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Aiko Herzig Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1002-8-13)
Remembering the "Manzanar riot": "it was worrisome"
This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing …
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Aiko Herzig Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1002-8-8)
First impressions of Manzanar, California: "it was so depressing"
This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead …
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Archie Miyatake Interview Segment 36 (ddr-densho-1000-299-36)
Postwar activities with the National Park Service in helping to preserve the Manzanar site
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views …
Narrator M. Jack Takayanagi
Nisei male. Born June 28, 1922, in San Jose, California. As a teenager, moved with family to West Los Angeles, where father was a gardener. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, Jack volunteered to work with the orphans at the Manzanar Children's Village, and also helped to establish …
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Senior problem: my future (ddr-csujad-48-12)
Term paper by Wataru Okamoto for Social Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Wataru recounts that before the war and forced evacuation he wanted to be a fisherman or grocery store owner. However, once at Manzanar, he decided on becoming a gym instructor in both baseball and basketball. …
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Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community Collection (ddr-densho-34)
The collection of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community, 1890s-1940s, consists primarily of photographs of strawberry farms, businesses, sawmills, and the church and school activities of the Japanese American community on Bainbridge Island, Washington. The collection also includes photographs of the Bainbridge Island community of Port Blakely, the mass removal of Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island, …
Narrator Phyllis Fechner
White female. Born July 8, 1930, in Fullerton, California. Grew up in Bishop, California. Remembers vising the Manzanar concentration camp, California, during World War II.
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 11 (August 13, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-14)
Selected article titles: "Authorities Lift Martial Law Which Followed Disturbance At Santa Anita Assembly Center" (p. 1), "Manzanar Firemen Put Out Blaze Outside Center" (p. 1), "WCCA Order Bans Center Self-Government" (p. 1), "Evacuees Preserve All Rights, Obligations of Citizens, Stresses WRA Solicitor in Legal Opinion" (p. 1), "Nisei Returning to America on Exchange Ship" (p. …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 17 No. 13 (October 2, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-38)
Selected article titles: "Hawaiians Regard Evacuation As 'Colossal Land-Grabbing Scheme,' San Joseans Told" (p. 1), "Suicide Attempt At Manzanar Fails" (p. 1), "President Roosevelt Urges Race Harmony To Win Conflict" (p. 1), "Losses in Centers from Fires Well Below National Average. Only 63 Fires Reported In Relocation Camps During 3-Month Period" (p. 8), "Suspect Asks For …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 76, No. 18, (May 11, 1973) (ddr-pc-45-18)
Select article titles: "New York to Host Next EDC Session May 19 with Inaugural" (p.1); "United Methodist Agency Steps Up Aid for Ethnic Projects, 2 in L.A. Cited" (p.1); "Manzanar Dust Swirling" (p.2); "Self Help Housing for Farm Workers Explained by Sac'to Nisei Recruiter" (p.5); "JARP Plans Issei Pictorial" (p.5); "Housing Needs of New York's Aged …
![Pacific Citizen, Vol. 112, No. 25 [June 28, 1991] (ddr-pc-63-25)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/e9/b6/e9b6fe258f87406f5b466d79acdbaf5c.jpg)
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 112, No. 25 [June 28, 1991] (ddr-pc-63-25)
Select article titles: "House approves Manzanar as national historic site: Study of sites throughout U.S. also approved" (p. 1), "Matsui working on health bill for women, children" (p. 1), "L.A. attorney may sue for census adjustment" (p. 1), "L.A. to study ethnic tension" (p. 1), "U.S., Japan short-sighted on communication visions" (p. 3), "Government failing to …
![Pacific Citizen, Vol. 113, No. 2 [July 19-26, 1991] (ddr-pc-63-27)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/ca/d5/cad55f1f2a5afe6ef23fa300be196b8d.jpg)
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 113, No. 2 [July 19-26, 1991] (ddr-pc-63-27)
Select article titles: "JACL national board news" (p. 1), "Angry reaction hits decision not to adjust census" (p. 1), "L.A. City Council supports Manzanar bill" (p. 1), "Jury finds man guilty in Loo trial" (p. 1), "Layoff of Asian school officials called discriminatory" (p. 3), "By year 2000, whites have clout but minorities move into political …
![Pacific Citizen, Vol. 113, No. 17 [November 22, 1991] (ddr-pc-63-42)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/69/f6/69f6387623fa46142eec95cdf3554f2d.jpg)
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 113, No. 17 [November 22, 1991] (ddr-pc-63-42)
Select article titles: "Opposition is mounting to Civil Rights provision" (p. 1), "Manzanar Committee pushes for bill passage" (p. 1), "JACL gets White House call to discuss Pearl Harbor event" (p. 1), "Mineta: on Pearl Harbor media coverage" (p. 3), "New Asian Pacific census office established" (p. 3), "Surviving and spying behind enemy lines: Richard Sakakida …
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Log of books checked out by students in period IV, taught by Harry Bentley Wells at Manzanar High School (ddr-csujad-48-123)
Log of books checked out by thirty-six students in Period 4, taught by Harry Bentley Wells at Manzanar High School. One name has been crossed out. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9932. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0932
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Log of books checked out by students in period V, taught by Harry Bentley Wells at Manzanar High School (ddr-csujad-48-124)
Log of books checked out by thirty-six students in Period 5, taught by Harry Bentley Wells at Manzanar High School. Two names has been crossed out. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9933. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0933